Monday, 30 March 2015

Celaena Sardothien is Adarlan's most feared
assassin. As part of the Assassin's Guild, her allegiance is to her master,
Arobynn Hamel, yet Celaena listens to no one and trusts only her fellow
killer-for-hire, Sam. In these action-packed novellas - together in one edition
for the first time - Celaena embarks on five daring missions. They take her
from remote islands to hostile deserts, where she fights to liberate slaves and
seeks to avenge the tyrannous. But she is acting against Arobynn's orders and
could suffer an unimaginable punishment for such treachery. Will Celaena ever
be truly free? Explore the dark underworld of this kick-ass heroine to find out.

Review:

This book….. daaaammmmn

It was everything I’d hoped for: we see why Celaena is
Ardalan’s Assassin (is it wrong to enjoy her killing sprees? Because I unashamedly
do) and we also see Sam in his element… *sniffles* If you haven’t started this
series yet, I have no clue what you’re doing with yourself! Just be warned for
the avalanche of feels this book drowns you with.

The Assassin and the
Pirate Lord - 5 STARS

This was such the perfect start because you get to see Celaena
doing her thing being badass but you can also see some redeeming qualities coming
to the surface which Sam is starting to realise too. The love-hate relationship
between the two is just perfect!

The Assassin and the
Healer – 4 STARS

This novella was short but necessary because it introduced
the importance of trying to follow your correct path, and how something so
seemingly insignificant as meeting a stranger could impact this.

The Assassin and the
Desert – 5 STARS

I loved getting a better insight of the world in this story along
with the other assassins guild. The Silent Master was a great edition and made
me think about Arobynn… I don’t trust him as far as I could throw him, after
all he didn’t become King of the Assassins for nothing.

The Assassin and the
Underworld – 4.5 STARS

The relationship between Celaena and Sam that develops here
just warms my fangirl heart. So of course I’m on high alert for something
terrible to happen.

The Assassin and the
Empire – 5 STARS

I wrote one thing in my notes for this novella and it
smudged from my tears: “it’s broken me”.

So excuse me while I go cry in the corner a little more…

Favourite Quotes:

“If you can learn to endure pain, you
can survive anything. Some people learn to embrace it- to love it. Some endure
it through drowning it in sorrow, or by making themselves forget. Others turn
it into anger.”

“There was no way in hell she was going
to move to the southern continent without all of her books.”

“I love you,” he repeated, shaking her
again. “I have for years. But if I asked you to pick, you’d choose Arobynn, and
I. Can’t. Take. It.”

“You’re
a damned idiot,” she breathed grabbing the front of his tunic. “You’re a moron
and an ass and a damned idiot.” He looked like she had hit him. But she went
on, and grasped both sides of his face. “Because I’d pick you.”

“She would tuck Sam into her heart, a
bright light for her to take out whenever things were darkest.”

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